The UK Guild of Food Writers Awards 2018

The annual Awards ceremony, held on Monday 18 June, 2018 at Opera Holland Park, celebrated the best of British food writing and broadcasting. 

The prestigious event is organised by the Guild of Food Writers, the UK’s professional association of food writers and broadcasters, and for the second year the main sponsor is Tenderstem®. 

Guild President Xanthe Clay, who presented the Awards, said: ‘The world of food writing and broadcasting is dynamic and diverse, and our winners (from Joanna Blythman and Tim Hayward to Reem Kassis and Meera Sodha) represent the cream of the crop. It’s a perfect precis of what you need to read, watch and listen to this year.’

View previous years’ award winners: 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014


Lifetime Achievement Award
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First Book Award

The Palestinian Table by Reem Kassis

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Cookery Book Award

The Modern Cook’s Year by Anna Jones

Food Book of the Year Award

The Hungry Empire by Lizzie Collingham

Cookery Writing Award

Meera Sodha for work published in The Guardian’s Weekend magazine

Food Writing Award

Joanna Blythman for work published by the Sustainable Food Trust and in The Guardian and Sunday Herald

British Food Writing Award

Sue Quinn for work published in Dorset Magazine

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Food and Travel Writing Award

Tasting Georgia by Carla Capalbo

Campaigning and Investigative Food Work Award

Foodism: Issue 21 (sustainability special issue)

Food Broadcast Award

The Food Programme: Leah Chase: The cook who changed America presented and produced by Dan Saladino (BBC Radio 4)

Food Blog Award

Grand Dishes by Iska Lupton and Anastasia Miari

Food Magazine or Section Award

Market Life edited by Mark Riddaway

Restaurant Writing Award

Tim Hayward in the FT Weekend Magazine